What does it take to be an effective small business owner? Susan and Claire have an animated discussion around what it takes to start, build and maintain a successful small business.
Susan Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of OffBeat Business Media, an organization dedicated to rebuilding American business influence locally, nationally, and abroad.
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S03, Ep02: What Drives an Entrepreneur? Featuring Adpop and Techmillenial
What is it that drives entrepreneurs? Why would anyone subject themselves to the crazy, unpredictable entrepreneurial lifestyle?
Entrepreneurs are an interesting breed. They are tenacious, passionate people who really do march to the beat of a different drum. They are visionaries, their strongest advocate, and although they have immense self confidence in themselves and their vision, they are humble enough to know when to pivot and say ”this isn’t working.” Lastly, entrepreneurs believe that rules are made to be broken. The status quo is boring. They are always thinking of ten different ways to solve a problem, and by putting all of these traits to work, develop products and services that their competition says, “Why didn’t we think of that?” It’s the amazing combination of using both sides of their brains to achieve what others may never have thought possible.
Here at Coffee with Claire, we celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit. And today, our guests demonstrate how collaboration and the bringing together two totally opposite ends of the business spectrum is the perfect combination to help newly formed companies or re-designed businesses create a strong professional footprint, while staying true to their individual entrepreneurial spirits.
Stay tuned and learn how bringing two very different worlds together has found the crossroads of the soft skills of creativity and the “hard” skills of programming have created the perfect combination for success!
This episode features Sungwoo Chun of Adpop and Jonathan Kim of TechMillenial discussing their businesses and their place in a variety of communities.
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S01, Ep 30: Todd Drake, Overcoming Obstacles and Thriving
Everyone has had some kind of adversity in their life at some point. Some things are extremely visible to others; sometimes it’s not so easily seem by a bystander. However, no matter what way it shows up, it still can derail you. It’s a choice to face it and figure out a way to work it out. Sometimes we can figure it out on our own; sometimes we need some help.Our guest today, Todd Drake, has overcome some tremendous obstacles and thrived on the other side. He is the president and owner of Todd Drake Diamonds. A veteran of the corporate world, he got away from the grind and helped his family in areas where he was trained, to help them take their business to the next level. A competitive athlete, too, Todd enjoys a great game of baseball when he can pry himself away from his business.
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S01, Ep 29: Sharon Caswell, Adapting Technology
hile we think of wearable technology strictly in terms of devices for humans, that’s no longer true. Horses are now the beneficiary of advances in sensor technology and the trend is gaining momentum in 2017. There are several new companies jockeying for position in the equine space. PonyUp Technologies is one of these companies, and their technology has features that sets it apart from the rest.Sharon Caswell has a software engineering background and life-long interest in horses Sharon holds the reins at PonyUp Technologies, which has developed a new device called VetCheq.. Her background in software development, team leadership, product development and marketing gave her all the skills needed to give strategic and tactical guidance for developing a product from scratch.
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